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View from the upper deck after 1: very sloppy period by the Jets. Lots of passivity in their own end, both goals on missed assignments and turnovers in their own end. Refs don’t seem to have a handle on the game yet, tossing players on the faceoffs, no clear indication of what they will let go and what they will call. All that said, the Jets showed how quickly they can flip the switch and take over the game. I think they will get the jitters out of their system and start to take over from here. Perfetti has come to play.

6 years $42 million.

April 17 update: The playoff brackets are complete: West - Winnipeg (C1) vs St. Louis (WC2) Dallas (C2) vs Colorado (C3) Vegas (P1) vs Minnesota (WC1) Los Angeles (P2) vs Edmonton (P3) East - Washington (M1) vs Montreal (WC2) Carolina (M2) vs New Jersey (M3) Toronto (A1) vs Ottawa (WC1) Tampa Bay (A2) vs Florida (A3)

Yeah. Nothing.

April 14 update: Winnipeg Jets - Everyone else - Eliminated

Wonder if this will be in the building tonight with Bill Daly?

April 15 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas - Clinched playoff spot Colorado - Clinched playoff spot Los Angeles - Clinched playoff spot Edmonton - Clinched playoff spoke Minnesota* - 1 St. Louis - 3 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 3 Vancouver - Eliminated Utah - Eliminated Anaheim - Eliminated Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina - Clinched playoff spot Toronto - Clinched playoff spot Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot Florida - Clinched playoff spot Ottawa - Clinched playoff spot New Jersey - Clinched playoff spot Montreal - 1 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 1 Detroit - Eliminated NY Islanders- Eliminated NY Rangers - Eliminated Buffalo - Eliminated Pittsburgh - Eliminated Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Remaining clinching/elimination scenarios: Montreal clinches playoff spot and Columbus is eliminated if: - Montreal gains a single point or better against Carolina April 16, OR - Columbus does not earn regulation wins in both their games against Philadelphia April 15 and against NY Islanders April 17 Minnesota earns a playoff spot with: - a single point or better gained against Anaheim April 15, OR - a loss of any kind by St. Louis against Utah April 15, OR - a loss of any kind by Calgary in either game against Vegas April 15 or Los Angeles April 17 St. Louis earns a playoff spot with: - a regulation win against Utah April 15 (would hold the tiebreaker against Calgary), OR - a win of any kind and a regulation loss by Minnesota against Anaheim April 15 OR anything less than two regulation wins by Calgary, OR - a point gained against Anaheim and anything less than two wins by Calgary, OR - a regulation loss by Calgary in either game, or losses of any kind in both games Potential playoff match-ups: Washington (M1) vs. Montreal/Columbus (WC2) Carolina (M2) vs. New Jersey (M3) Toronto/Tampa Bay (A1) vs. Ottawa (WC1) Tampa Bay/Toronto (A2) vs. Florida (A3) Winnipeg (C1) vs. St. Louis/Minnesota/Calgary (WC2) Dallas (C2) vs. Colorado (C3) Vegas (P1) vs. Minnesota/St. Louis/Calgary WC1) Los Angeles (P2) vs. Edmonton (P3)

With the Oilers as the late game no doubt. Winnipeg will no doubt be shuttled to the “west coast” time to accommodate either Toronto or Montreal being the early game. Get ready for 8:30 pm start times.

Divisional races as of April 12: Central: Winnipeg has clinched a top 2 spot and home ice advantage in the opening round. Have also guaranteed home ice advantage in round 3 over the Pacific champion. Will clinch top spot in the Conference and home ice through the first 3 rounds with a single point gained or lost by Dallas, or if any Dallas game is not won in regulation. Will clinch home ice throughout the playoffs with a combination of 6 points gained or lost by Washington. Dallas has clinched a top 2 spot and home ice in round 1 Colorado is guaranteed to finish 3rd in the division Minnesota and St. Louis can each finish anywhere from the top wildcard spot to 9th in the Conference and out of the playoffs. Pacific: Vegas has clinched top 2 in the division and home ice in the first round LA can finish anywhere from 1st to 3rd in the division. Edmonton can still finish 2nd or 3rd in the division Metro: Washington has clinched top spot in the Conference and home ice advantage through the first 3 rounds. Carolina and New Jersey are guaranteed to finish 2nd and 3rd in the division respectively and will face each other in round 1 with Carolina having home ice advantage Columbus, NY Rangers, and NY Islanders can finish anywhere from bottom wildcard spot to 12th in the conference Atlantic: Toronto and Tampa Bay can finish anywhere from 1st to 3rd on the division Florida can finish anywhere from 1st on the division to the top wildcard spot Ottawa can finish anywhere from 3rd in the division to the bottom wildcard spot Montreal can finish anywhere from top wildcard spot to 12th in the conference Detroit can finish anywhere from bottom wildcard spot to 12th in the conference

April 12 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas - Clinched playoff spot Colorado - Clinched playoff spot Los Angeles - Clinched playoff spot Edmonton - Clinched playoff spot Minnesota* - 3 St. Louis - 4 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 4 Vancouver - Eliminated Utah - Eliminated Anaheim - Eliminated Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina - Clinched playoff spot Toronto - Clinched playoff spot Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot Florida - Clinched playoff spot Ottawa - Clinched playoff spot New Jersey - Clinched playoff spot Montreal - 3 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 3 Detroit - 1 NY Islanders- 1 NY Rangers - 1 Buffalo - Eliminated Pittsburgh - Eliminated Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Today’s clinching/elimination scenarios: Montreal clinches a playoff spot with: - a regulation win against Toronto (Montreal would hold the tiebreaker against Columbus), OR - anOT/SO loss and a loss of any kind by Columbus against Washington Columbus is eliminated with: - a regulation loss, OR - a regulation win by Montreal, OR - an OT/SO loss and an OT/SO loss by Montreal (Montreal would hold the tiebreaker advantage in any of these 3 scenarios) Detroit is eliminated with a Montreal win or OT/SO loss NY Rangers are eliminated with: - a Montreal win or OT/SO loss, OR - a loss of any kind against Carolina NY Islanders are eliminated with: - a Montreal win or OT/SO loss, OR - a loss of any kind against Philadelphia

Got my pair to game one today at noon. Resale market. Very pricey but that is to be expected.

If you ignore the quotes and merely answer the bolded part, the answer is always “no”, regardless of the article or issue at hand. The Hockey Writers are hackS, IMO. Just write “provocative” hot takes for click bait.

If you go to the “NHL Playoff Chase” thread I have outlined on nauseating detail the tiebreaker rules for ranking teams. Won’t regurgitate it here, but to explain it quickly: Dallas is 6 points behind Winnipeg with 3 games each left to play. If Winnipeg loses all 3 and Dallas wins all 3, they would end up tied in points, so the tiebreaker would take effect. First tiebreaker is “regulation wins”. Jets currently have 43, Dallas 41, so Dallas could still finish with 44 and pass the Jets. If they ended up tied in regulation wins, the next tiebreaker is “regulation and overtime wins” where the Jets lead 53 to 48 and cannot be caught. So the upshot is that if the Jets gain one more point or Dallas loses any possible points, Jets finish with more points and win the division. But even if Dallas wins out and the Jets lose out, if any of Dallas’ games go to overtime, the Jets will have the tiebreaker edge and get first place.

April 11 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas - Clinched playoff spot Colorado - Clinched playoff spot Los Angeles - Clinched playoff spot Edmonton* - 1 Minnesota* - 3 St. Louis - 4 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 4 Vancouver** - Eliminated Utah - Eliminated Anaheim - Eliminated Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina - Clinched playoff spot Toronto - Clinched playoff spot Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot Florida - Clinched playoff spot Ottawa - Clinched playoff spot New Jersey - Clinched playoff spot Montreal - 3 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 3 Detroit - 1 NY Islanders- 1 NY Rangers - 1 Buffalo - Eliminated Pittsburgh - Eliminated Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Tonight’s clinching/elimination scenarios: Montreal clinches a playoff spot with a regulation win against Ottawa (Montreal would hold the tiebreaker against Columbus) Columbus is eliminated with a Montreal regulation win against Ottawa (Montreal would hold the tiebreaker) Detroit, NY Islanders, and NY Rangers are all eliminated with a Montreal win or OT/SO loss against Ottawa Detroit is also eliminated with a loss of any kind against Tampa Bay Edmonton clinches a playoff spot with: - a win or OT/SO loss against San Jose, OR - a loss of any kind by Calgary against Minnesota Minnesota clinches a playoff spot with a win in any fashion against Calgary

Won’t clinch quite yet as they haven’t secured the tiebreaker yet. They would be up by two regulation wins with 3 games to go.

Had to check all the tiebreaker scenarios and made some corrections to tonight’s clinching/elimination scenarios. For anyone wondering, the sequence of tiebreaker procedures is as follows (assuming teams are tied in points): 1. Points amassed in fewer games, a.k.a. higher winning percentage (obviously not at issue at season’s end when everyone has played 82 games) 2. Higher number of regulation wins (reflected as RW in the standings) 3. Higher number of regulation and overtime wins combined (ROW in the standings) 4. Higher number of regulation, overtime, and shootout wins - basically number of wins in the win column (W in the standings) 5. Greater number of points on head-to-head match-ups: (a) if an odd number of games has been played between two teams head-to-head, then the team with the higher number of home games in the season series will not have its first home game (the “odd” game) count in the determination of total points (b) where three or more clubs are tied, then the club with the greatest points percentage in games between all tied teams (not counting any “odd” games) is seeded first 6. Larger goal differential (reflected as DIIFF in the standings) 7. Greater number of goals scored (reflected as GF in the standings) This has all led to the scenario tonight where New Jersey can get into the playoffs without playing a game and even if their rival NY Rangers win their game tonight. NJ has 89 points with 4 games to play, NYR, Detroit, NYI, and Columbus all have 78 points with 5 games to play, meaning that at most they can tie New Jersey by season’s end. NJ already holds the regulation wins tiebreaker against every team but NYR, and leads NYR by 4 regulation wins. If NYR does not get a regulation win tonight, than at best they will finish the season tied in regulation wins, ROW, and total wins. NJ holds the 5th tiebreaker by winning the season series 3-0-1 against the Rangers. So even if the Rangers win tonight, if the game goes to overtime they will be eliminated due to being behind in the tiebreaker sequence to NJ. Or they could just lose and make all the math easier.

April 9 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas - Clinched playoff spot Colorado - Clinched playoff spot Los Angeles* - Clinched playoff spot Edmonton - 5 St. Louis - 5 Minnesota* - 6 ——————— Tragic # Calgary** - 6 Vancouver**- 2 Utah** - 1 Anaheim - Eliminated Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina - Clinched playoff spot Toronto - Clinched playoff spot Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot Florida - Clinched playoff spot Ottawa - Clinched playoff spot New Jersey - 1 Montreal - 3 ——————- Tragic # Detroit - 3 NY Islanders- 3 NY Rangers - 3 Columbus - 3 Buffalo - Eliminated Pittsburgh - Eliminated Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight: Edmonton clinches with a win against St. Louis AND a Calgary regulation loss against Anaheim (Edmonton would hold the tiebreaker) St. Louis clinches with a regulation win against Edmonton AND a Calgary regulation loss against Anaheim (St. Louis would hold the tiebreaker) Vancouver is eliminated with a Minnesota win over San Jose (Vancouver has the tiebreaker disadvantage against all other teams in the West) Utah is eliminated with a Minnesota win or OT/SO loss against San Jose (Minnesota holds the tiebreaker) New Jersey clinches a playoff spot with any result other than a NY Rangers regulation win against Philadelphia (New Jersey holds the regulation wins tiebreaker against Detroit, NY Islanders, and Columbus, and would hold the head-to-head wins tiebreaker against NY Rangers if their game went to overtime tonight)

April 8 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas - Clinched playoff spot Colorado - Clinched playoff spot Los Angeles* - Clinched playoff spot Edmonton - 5 St. Louis - 5 Minnesota* - 6 ——————— Tragic # Calgary** - 6 Vancouver**- 2 Utah** - 1 Anaheim - Eliminated Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina - Clinched playoff spot Toronto - Clinched playoff spot Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot Florida - Clinched playoff spot Ottawa - 2 New Jersey* - 2 Montreal - 7 ——————- Tragic # Detroit - 7 NY Islanders- 6 NY Rangers - 5 Columbus - 5 Buffalo - 2 Pittsburgh - Eliminated Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight: Utah is eliminated with a loss of any kind against Seattle (Minnesota holds the tiebreaker) Vancouver is eliminated with a regulation loss against Dallas (Minnesota holds the tiebreaker) Buffalo is eliminated with: - a regulation loss against Carolina, OR - a Montreal win against Detroit, OR - an OT/SO loss and a Montreal OT/SO loss Columbus is eliminated with: - a regulation loss against Ottawa AND a Montreal regulation win against Detroit (Montreal would hold the tiebreaker) Ottawa clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Columbus, OR - a Detroit loss of any kind against Montreal (Ottawa would hold the tiebreaker) New Jersey clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Boston (New Jersey holds the tiebreaker over Detroit and NY Islanders), OR - an OT/SO loss AND an OT/SO loss by Detroit against Montreal

April 7 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas - Clinched playoff spot Colorado - Clinched playoff spot Los Angeles* - Clinched playoff spot Edmonton - 5 St. Louis - 5 Minnesota* - 6 ——————— Tragic # Calgary** - 6 Vancouver**- 2 Utah** - 1 Anaheim - Eliminated Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina - Clinched playoff spot Toronto - Clinched playoff spot Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot Florida - Clinched playoff spot Ottawa - 2 New Jersey - 3 Montreal - 7 ——————- Tragic # NY Rangers - 7 Detroit - 7 NY Islanders- 6 Columbus - 5 Buffalo - 2 Pittsburgh - Eliminated Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight: Edmonton clinches a playoff spot with a win in any fashion against Anaheim AND a Calgary regulation loss against San Jose (Edmonton would hold the tiebreaker) St. Louis clinches a playoff spot with a regulation win against Winnipeg AND a Calgary regulation loss against San Jose (St. Louis would hold the tiebreaker)

April 6 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas - Clinched playoff spot Colorado - Clinched playoff spot Los Angeles* - Clinched playoff spot Edmonton - 5 St. Louis - 5 Minnesota - 9 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 9 Vancouver- 7 Utah** - 3 Anaheim - Eliminated Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina - Clinched playoff spot Toronto - Clinched playoff spot Tampa Bay - Clinched playoff spot Florida - Clinched playoff spot New Jersey - 3 Ottawa - 4 Montreal - 9 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 9 NY Rangers - 9 Detroit - 9 NY Islanders- 8 Buffalo - 4 Pittsburgh** - 1 Philadelphia - Eliminated Boston - Eliminated *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios today: Pittsburgh is eliminated with: - a loss of any kind against Chicago, OR - a win or OT/SO loss by Montreal against Nashville Buffalo is eliminated with: - a regulation loss against Boston AND a Montreal win against Nashville.

I’m frustrated too. They showed no intensity through the first 35 minutes of the game, and blew a golden opportunity with Dallas losing today, which they would have known before the opening faceoff. But Hellebuyck made some huge saves on high danger chances. He was the only reason it wasn’t 6-0 after 2 periods. Jets lost in spite of his play, not because of it. Injuries are not helping either. Completely changes our power play, which did not need extra reasons to struggle.

Are you suggesting he was bad tonight?

Scheifele and Hellebuyck appear to be the only players interested in trying in the first period. Jets go to Sin City and look completely dialled in, then go to Mormon Central and look completely distracted for the second time this year. Go figure.

I was somewhat unsettled after the LA game. Coach Arniel seemed to have had a more positive view of the effort than I did, but last night soothed a lot of my concerns and showed again why coaches are coaches and fans are fans. Team was dialled in from the start, that was a playoff-style effort and game plan. Hopefully the injury bug is not rearing its head now after a fairly clean year, but a result like that renews my good vibes about this team finishing first and making a deep run. Exciting times.

April 5 update: Magic/Tragic # West - Magic # Winnipeg - Clinched playoff spot Dallas - Clinched playoff spot Vegas* - Clinched playoff spot Colorado* - Clinched playoff spot Los Angeles* - 3 Edmonton - 6 St. Louis - 8 Minnesota - 10 ——————— Tragic # Calgary - 10 Vancouver- 7 Utah** - 3 Anaheim - Eliminated Seattle - Eliminated Nashville - Eliminated Chicago - Eliminated San Jose - Eliminated East - Magic # Washington - Clinched playoff spot Carolina - Clinched playoff spot Toronto - Clinched playoff spot Tampa Bay - 1 Florida - 2 New Jersey - 7 Ottawa - 8 Montreal - 13 ——————- Tragic # Columbus - 13 NY Rangers - 13 Detroit - 11 NY Islanders- 10 Buffalo - 6 Pittsburgh - 4 Philadelphia - 3 Boston - 1 *Hold the tiebreaker advantage ** Have a tiebreaker disadvantage Clinching/elimination scenarios tonight - Tampa Bay clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Buffalo, OR - an OT/SO loss, OR - a loss of any kind by NY Rangers against New Jersey (Tampa Bay holds the tiebreaker advantage with Columbus) Florida clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Ottawa, OR - an OT/SO loss and a loss of any kind by NY Rangers, OR - a regulation loss by NY Rangers and a loss of any kind by Columbus against Toronto (Florida holds the tiebreaker advantage with Columbus) Boston is eliminated with: - a loss of any kind against Carolina, OR - a win or OT/SO loss by Montreal against Philadelphia Philadelphia is eliminated with: - a loss of any kind against Montreal Pittsburgh is eliminated with: - a regulation loss against Dallas AND a win or OT/SO loss by Montreal against Philadelphia, OR - a loss of any kind AND a regulation win by Montreal (Montreal will hold the tiebreaker advantage in either scenario) Los Angeles clinches a playoff spot with: - a win against Edmonton AND a loss of any kind by Calgary against Vegas, OR - an OT/SO loss and a regulation loss by Calgary